The University of Maine Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETD) project is a joint effort of Fogler Library and the Graduate School. Our goals are "to improve graduate education, increase sharing of knowledge, help universities build their information infrastructure, and extend the value of digital libraries," in keeping with those of the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations, a national initiative of which the University of Maine is a member.
This online collection features the final theses and dissertations approved by the Graduate School of the University of Maine.
For more information about finding additional theses and dissertations or obtaining copies of those not available electronically, see Fogler Library's Subject Guide on Theses & Dissertations.
Questions can also be directed to Fogler Library's Special Collections Department by phone at (207) 581-1686 or email at um.library.spc @ maine.edu.
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
Women's Satisfaction with their Childbirth Experiences: What Influenced Their Satisfaction and What They Wish They Had Been Told, Kara Sylvester
Development and Evaluation of New Wild Blueberry and Soy Frozen Dessert, Yeah Hoong Teh
Statistical Inference for the Risk Ratio in 2x2 Binomial Trials with Stuctural Zero, Suzhong Tian
Factors Affecting Raw Material Inventory Management in the Northeastern United States Pulp and Paper Industry, Kevin Michael Todd
"Witchcraft" and Other Stories, Tabitha Nichole Turri
The Effect of Deborah Number and Aspect Ratio on the Film Casting of LLDPE Melts, Mathias N. Uvieghara
Computer Simulations of Partially Confined Water, Subramanian Vaitheeswaran
Ultrasonic Evaluation of Defects and Moisture Content of Lumber, Hermanus H. van Dyk
Confidence Measure for DNA Base Calling Using a Fuzzy System, Rency Susan Varghese
Using Linear Features for Aerial Image Sequence Mosaiking, Caixia Wang
Lake-Level Fluctuations in the Fryxell Basin, Eastern Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Thomas E. Whittaker
Evaluation of a Constructed Dry Swale for Treatment of Stormwater Runoff, Laura R. WIlson
Fathers' Involvement in their Young Children's Everyday Life: A Look at Father's Involvement in his Preschool Child's Physical, Social, Cognitive, and Emotional Development, Elena R. Yanakieva
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
My Mother Could Send up the Most Powerful Prayer: The Role of African American Slave Women in Evangelical Christianity, Sherry L. Abbott
The Use of Acoustics to Resolve Nightly Excursions of Hyperbenthos, Heather U. Abello
Scenic Design for Alan Ayckbourn's Taking Steps, David Adkins
A Comparison Study of Children's Cognitive Understanding of Conception and Birth: England, Sweden and the United States, Carie Jo Ahigrim
Molecular Characterization of Zebrafish Interferon, MX, and MX Promoter, Stephen Altmann
Antioxidant Assessment in Western Maine Elderly Women Following 30 Days of Wild Blueberry Consumption, John David Bagnulo
Active Vibration Suppression of Smart Structures Using Piezoelectric Shear Actuators, Brian P. Baillargeon
Perceived Attributes to the Development of a Positive Self-concept from the Experiences of Adolescents with Learning Disabilities, Charles P. Bernacchio
Profiling Employees Participation in Employer Sponsored Fitness Programs in Maine, Wendy-Jo Berube
User Controlled Privacy Protection in Location-Based Services, Anuket Bhaduri
An Analysis of Air Pollution from Recreational Vehicle Use in Maine, Erin R. Bock
Development of an FRP Reinforced Hardwood Glulam Guardrail, Joshua Keith Botting
Effects of Biological Control and a Ryegrass Rotation on Rhizoctonia Disease of Potato, Marin Talbot Brewer
Vaccines for Infection Salmon Anemia Virus, Nathan Edward Charles Brown
Why does He Hit Her? Content Analysis of Protection from Abuse Orders, Robin Y. Brown
Through their eyes: five Maine principals explore their learning about leadership, Anita M. Campbell
"The army isn't all work": Physical culture in the evolution of the British army, 1860-1920, James Dunbar Campbell
Effects of Nitrogen Deposition and Flow Permanence on Stream Organic Matter Dynamics, Michael Andrew Joseph Chadwick
New England Genealogies: The Life and Writings of Mary Ellen Chase, William Orin Chesley
A Descriptive Study: Selection and Use of Art Mediums by Sexually Abused Adults: Implications in Counseling and Art Psychotherapy, Frances Harlow Clukey
Simulation of the Variability in Microelectronic Capacitors having Polycrystalline Dielectrics with Columnar Microstructure, jesse Cousins
Liminality in Popular Fiction, Adam Crowley
Pond-Breeding Amphibian Species Distributions in a Beaver-Modified Landscape, Acadia National Park, Mount Desert Island, Maine, Jesse Cunningham
Language in Social Contexts: An Examination of the Effects of the Linguistic Intergroup Bias on Social Categorization and Interpersonal Behavior, Virginia Ann Cylke
Cloning of Bovine Placental Lactogen and Production in Vitro, Stephanie A. Doucette
Effects of Frost Heave on a Soil Nail Wall in Brunswick, Maine, Sandra McRae Duchesne
Effects of Strand Geometry on Selected Properties of Long-Stand Structural Composite Lumber Made from Northeastern Hardwoods, Russell Edgar
An Exploratory Look at an Evolving Tourism Industry: Maine's Nature-based Tourism Industry in Transition, Marc Edwards
Measuring the Adhesive Bond Quality of Vinyl Ester-Glass Composites on Novolak HMR Treated Wood, Leopold Eisenheld
Query-by-Pointing: Algorithms and Pointing Error Compensation, Farhan Faisal
Ten Years of Change in Beech Stand in North Central Maine Long Affected with Beech Bark Disease, Amanda Farrar
An Egocentric Spatial Data Model for Intelligent Mobile Geographic Information Systems, Christopher E. Frank
Renormalization-group Studies of Three Model Systems Far from Equilibrium, Ivan T. Georgiev
Specific Dynamic Action, Growth and Development in Larval Atlantic Cod, Gadus Morhua, Jessica A. Geubtner
Friendship Formation and Maintenance: Examining Friendship Patterns of Homosexual Men and Heterosexual Women in Close Relationships, Amanda G. Goodwin
Population Dynamics and Spatial Analysis of the Maine Green Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis) fishery, Robert C. Grabowski
Can Dairy Manure be Profitably Composted in Maine?, Anne Grant
Planning for a Healthier Birth and Beyond: Strategies Women Use to Manage Gestational Diabetes, Lois C. Hamel
Scope for Activity, Specific Dynamic Action and Growth in Early Juvenile Stages of Atlantic Cod, Gadus morhua, Sorren Lund Hansen
Effects of Small-gap Timber Harvests on Songbird Community Composition and Site-fidelity, Mitschka John Hartley
A Surface Acoustic Wave Mercury Vapor Sensor, Reichl B. Haskell
Stories of Canada: National Identity in Late-Nineteenth-Century English-Canadian Fiction, Elizabeth Hedler
Physical Testing Characteristics and Technical Event Performance of Junior Alpine Ski Racers, David Heikkinen
Effects of Precommercial Thinning on Snowshoe Hares, Small Mammals, and Forest Structure in Northern Maine, Jessica A. Homyack
Fatigue and Fracture of the FRP-Wood Interface: Experimental Characterization and Performance Limits, Yong Hong
Petrology of the Deer Isle Pluton, Coastal Maine: A Complex Mixed Magma System, Benjamin Patrick Hooks
Actors without an Audience? Performance Analysis of the "Borderlands" Live Action Role Playing Epic, Shelley Wind Hooper
The Phenomenological Self in the Works of Jerzy Kosinski, Tracy Allen Houston
Molecular Padlock Assay of Crude Plant Leaf Extracts for Detection of Listeria Monocytogenes, Allison L. Hurlburt
Indonesian Postcards, John J. Hyland
Viscoelastic Roll Coating Flows, Mitchell A. Johnson
Lessons from Ellen: A Case Study Investigation of Comprehension Strategy Instruction in Action, Suzanne Kaback
The Characteristics that Control the Stability of Eroding Coastal Bluffs in Maine, Corinn C. Keblinsky
Crevassing and Calving of Glacial Ice, James Patrick Kenneally
The Psychological Correlates of Asymmetric Cerebral Activation, Lisle R. Kingery
Migration of University of Maine 2002 Graduates, Ewa Jadwiga Kleczyk
Susceptibility of Adult Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa Decemlineata) to the Fungal Entomopathogen Beauveria Bassiana, Ellen Klinger
Hazardous Beach-System Development in Maine and Some Outcomes of the Sand Dune Rules, Julia M. Knisel
Hydroperiod of Wetlands and Reproduction in Wood Frogs (Rana sylvatica) and Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum), Mary Beth Kolozsvary
The Use of Semipermeable Membrane Devices (SPMDS) for Monitoring Dioxin Levels in Maine Rivers, Bjorn Anders Lake
Refractions, Linwood R. Lancaster
Factors Influencing Grade Six Students' Perceptions of Teachers, Susan Smith LaPlante
Future of South Korean National Parks -- A Delphi Study, Byung-kyu Lee
Mechanistic Studies of the Oxidation of Lignin and Cellulose Models, Oh-Kyu Lee
Jacques Poulin et le Nouveau Roman de Tendre: (Jacques Poulin and the New Tender Novel), Cynthia Currie Lees
The Role of Larval Thermal Tolerance in the Distribution of Blue Mussel Species within the Gulf of Maine, Susan J. Limbeck
On the Generation and Detection of Ultrasonic Plate Waves in Microporous Polymeric Material, Lin Lin
Voltammetric Study of Interaction of Copper and Model Fungal Secreted Ligands, Ran Liu
Seasonal Variation in Vitamin D Levels in Adolescent Girls in Maine, Kathryn G. Logan
The Short and Long-term Effects of Herbicide Application in Maine Clearcuts on Ant Communities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Kerry Frances Lough
Structural and Kinetic Characterization of Myoglobins from Eurythermal and Stenothermal Fish Species, Peter William Madden
The Effects of Stress Induction on Pre-attentive and Attentional Bias for Threat in Social Anxiety, Kristen M. Maki
Local 21's Quest for a Moral Economy: Peabody, Massachusetts and its Leather Workers, 1933-1973, Lynne Nelson Manion
Reactions of Alcohols and Organophosphonates on Tungsten Trioxide Epitaxial Films, Shuguo Ma
Modeling Bird Species Occurrence in Current and Future Landscapes, Stephen Nicholas Matthews
Analysis and Structural Health Monitoring of Composite Plates with Piezoelectric Sensors and Actuators, Richard C. Mewer
People in Nature: Environmental History of the Kennebec River, Maine, Daniel J. Michor
The Relationship between Fitness-Based Incentive Programs and Exercise Adherence in a Corporate Fitness Facility, Elwood D. Moore
Understory Growth Dynamics and Mensuration Techniques in Uneven-Aged, Mixed-Species Northern Conifer Stands, Andrew R. Moores